• DocumentCode
    1430281
  • Title

    Optimization of the power supply demand for plasma shape control in a tokamak

  • Author

    Albanese, Raffaele ; Ambrosino, Giuseppe ; Pironti, Alfredo ; Fresa, Raffaele ; Portone, Alfredo

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. di Reggio Calabria, Italy
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3580
  • Lastpage
    3583
  • Abstract
    We focus on the estimation of the minimum poloidal field coil voltages for the plasma shape control in a tokamak. For given coil locations and for a class of disturbances we propose a procedure for the evaluation of the minimum voltages needed to guarantee that the plasma boundary displacement remains within specified limits. The impact of this problem on the minimization of the power supply cost is discussed for the case of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; coils; fusion reactor design; plasma toroidal confinement; power supplies to apparatus; ITER; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; coil locations; minimum poloidal field coil voltages; minimum voltages evaluation; plasma boundary displacement; plasma shape control; power supply demand optimisation; tokamak; Coils; Costs; Feedback control; Minimization; Plasma devices; Plasma waves; Power supplies; Shape control; Tokamaks; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.717845
  • Filename
    717845